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Policies by France, Volvo could shake up market for gasoline, diesel vehicles, researcher says
LAWRENCE — France's government is seeking to end the sale of gasoline and diesel vehicles by 2040. ...
Canadian health card without baby's sex designation could reshape struggle for transgender rights, policy researcher says
LAWRENCE — Canadian officials have issued a health document to a newborn baby that did not specify the baby's sex, according to national news reports. ...
KU child research center wins $7.5M in grants to promote high-quality early education
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS — The Juniper Gardens Children’s Project (JGCP), located on the Children’s Campus of Kansas City in Kansas City, Kansas, has been awarded $7.5 million for four new research projects from the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences. JGCP is one of the 13 affiliated research...
Book will tell story of Pakistan, Bangladesh through architecture
LAWRENCE — If it’s not quite a “secret history,” then Farhan Karim’s latest project is at least an overview of an overlooked phenomenon in an important region of the world. ...
Graduate research fellow investigates how fungi and fire enable pine savanna ecosystem to thrive
LAWRENCE — For most humans, fire symbolizes destruction and death. Yet nature often adapts to fire and can wield it as a creative force. For example, in the pine savannas of the southeastern U.S., fire acts as a chrysalis from which grasslands and forests spread new stems and unfurl fresh...
Gun ownership emerges as a divide, can shape political behavior, study finds
LAWRENCE — Increasingly in presidential elections since 1972, a partisan divide has emerged around guns, as someone who owns one is more likely to support a Republican candidate, according to a new study by University of Kansas researchers. ...
KU's Phi Beta Kappa Chapter inducts 125 new members
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society has initiated 125 new members. ...
KU-developed Fusion Reading program takes new approach to help struggling readers
LAWRENCE — For decades, educators have struggled with how to help students who are struggling with reading or who have reading disabilities to improve their abilities. University of Kansas researchers have been developing a program for the last six years that has proven successful in helping adolescent struggling readers not...
Georgia mother accused of killing children fits pattern of coverage focusing on crime, not circumstances, professor says
LAWRENCE — A Georgia woman was arrested last week, charged with stabbing four of her five children and her husband to death. In addition to the horrific crime, media coverage has focused largely on the behavior of Isabel Martinez, who smiled for courtroom cameras and gave thumbs-up gestures as well...
Trump-Putin meeting carries risks, foreign policy scholar says
LAWRENCE — President Donald Trump prepares for his in-person, bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at an interesting and controversial time in the two countries' relationship. ...
Defunding women's health clinics exacerbated Hispanic disparity in preventive care, study finds
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School of Architecture, Design & Planning's name changes
LAWRENCE — Starting July 1, the School of Architecture, Design & Planning’s name became the School of Architecture & Design. ...
Report: Immigrants on Temporary Protected Status more civically engaged
LAWRENCE — U.S. immigrants from El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras on Temporary Protected Status, despite its in-between and temporary nature, generally do better than undocumented immigrants in educational attainment and civic engagement in their communities, according to a new report led by the University of Kansas Center for Migration Research. ...
Campus experience leads to distinctive role for associate dean
LAWRENCE — Robert Goldstein, a distinguished professor and associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Kansas, will take on a new role as special adviser for campus development, the Office of the Provost announced today. ...
Researchers see exosomes as way to make ‘personalized medicine’ easier and more precise
LAWRENCE — Today, doctors can tailor a drug therapy to your unique genetic profile, giving you the full benefits of a drug while reducing unwanted side effects — all in harmony with the blueprints of your biology. ...
Supreme Court partial lifting of travel ban creates 'significant issue for lower courts,' immigration law expert says
LAWRENCE — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that parts of President Donald Trump’s travel ban can take effect and that they will hear oral arguments in the fall. While citizens of six majority-Muslim nations who have relationships with people or entities in the United States can still come to...
Tool gauges how online students identify with their university; Jayhawks score especially high
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center announces June graduates
YODER – Sixty-three new law enforcement officers were congratulated by Kansas City, Kansas, Chief of Police Terry Ziegler during their graduation from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on June 23. ...
Indian prime minister's visit key for world's largest democracies, international trade law expert says
LAWRENCE — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is making his first state visit to the United States starting Monday. Modi is scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump to discuss a variety of topics of interest to the world’s two largest democracies. Raj Bhala, associate dean for international and comparative...
Productive Modi-Trump relationship will be key to visit, international business scholar says
LAWRENCE — Among the many issues India Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to discuss with President Donald Trump, evidence of productive relationship between the two leaders will be a key piece to watch, said a University of Kansas School of Business scholar of the U.S.-India relationship. ...
Puerto Rican vote needs context, researcher says, but statehood would dramatically influence island's economy
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Double vision: KU Project for Innocence frees wrongfully imprisoned man after finding doppelganger
LAWRENCE — The outlook for Richard Jones appeared bleak when University of Kansas School of Law Project for Innocence interns Chapman Williams and Chad Neswick took over his case in 2015. ...
KU law professors provide research, development of Kansas' innovative public benefit corporations legislation
LAWRENCE — Since 2010, numerous states have passed legislation providing for the establishment of public benefit corporations — for-profit businesses that choose to also make promoting the public good part of their corporate purpose. Kansas recently enacted such legislation, with aspects that make it one of the most innovative and...